Learning disabilities campaign contrasts support for animal charities
Howard Lake | 16 January 2007 | News
Photo (l-r): John Spence, President of Enable Scotland with Fiona Irvine, HR Director at First ScotRail and River City stars Paula Sage, who has Downs Syndrome, and Lorraine McIntosh.
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Enable Scotland, the charity for children and adults with learning disabilities, has launched a campaign to increase support to charities for people with disabilities by contrasting public donations to animal charities which receive nearly twice as much.
In the UK 11.1% of the UK population donate to animal charities, whilst only 6.6% of the UK population donate to disability charities.
The campaign features adults with learning disabilities alongside a series of thought-provoking straplines such as "If I ate out of a dog bowl would you like me more?"
Enable Scotland campaign for a socially inclusive society where people with learning disabilities are regarded and treated as full and equal citizens.
With support from FirstGroup the campaign will run on buses and trains throughout Scotland over a six week period.
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About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.